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R. R. MARTINO, OF NEW YOARKI.. AN. Y.

Letters PatentN .i 86,022, dated Janna/@'19, 1869.

REED ron MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part o! the suma.

To. all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, R. R. IAR'HNO, of the' "city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement iu Reeds for Musical Instr-uments; and I do hereby declare.'v that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will miuum (either in its pure .state or as an alloy) for the metal used in ordinary reeds.

But little attention has heretofore been paid to this subject.

The reeds for musical instruments of every description, where reeds' are employed, have been made of brass or similar metal.

The jarrim.r or ragged tone produced by some reedinstrurnents is extremely disagreeable'and harsh.

-With a vievLof discovering some metal which would produce a smooth, clear, and melodious sound, I have made many erperiments, and have ascertained that the. new metal, aluminum, with all its other good and astonishing qualities, produces, when used as a reed for musical instruments, a sound far superior in tone,

sweetness,'and volume, vto that' of any other metal.

Figure l represents a longitudinal top or plan view;

Figure 2 is a longitudinal section through the line :c x; and v Figure 3 is a cross-Section through the line y y.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A represents the aluminum reed, attach-ed. 11's frame B in the usual manner.

I claim no novelty, for the shape o'r construction of the reed .or frame; but

What I do claim, and desire to secure by4 Letters Patent, is

The use of aluminum, either in its pure state or as an alloy, in the manufacture of reeds for musical instruments, substantially as described.

' R. R. MARTINO. Witnesses FRANK BLoeKLEr, ALEX. F. ROBERTS. 

